SIZHU SHANGHAI CHINESE TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA - MOONLIGHT ON THE RIVER IN SPRING
Here's an album from the Sizhu Shanghai Traditional Orchestra playing Jiangnan Sizhu music, much more info in the comments section thanks to our friend Yoshio....
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江南丝竹・上海民族乐团 - 春江花月夜 Jiangnan・Sizhu Shanghai Chinese Traditional Orchestra - Moonlight on the River in Spring
Tracklist Side 1 01 春江花月夜 Spring River Flower Moonlight Night 02 欢乐歌 Happy Song Side 2 03 三六 Three six 04 中花六衩 Slit in the Middle Flower (esp. in Chinese opera) 05 行衔四合 Rank of Nobility - Pocession Suite(in 4 Parts)
Jiangnan Sizhu is a traditional music popular in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and western Zhejiang. It is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. During the Jialong period of the Ming Dynasty, opera musicians headed by Wei Liangfu created the Shuimo tune of Kun Opera at Taicang South Pier. At the same time, they formed a full-scale silk and bamboo band with Zhang Yetang as the backbone. After that, a full-time class club for silk and bamboo performances gradually formed. It is closely integrated with folk activities and has a broad mass base. It was later officially named Jiangnan Sizhu. On May 20, 2006, Jiangnan Sizhu, jointly declared by Taicang City, Jiangsu Province and Shanghai City, was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. [2-3] June 7, 2008 , Jiangnan silk and bamboo declared by Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province were approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, with project numbers II-40. From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%B1%9F%E5%8D%97%E4%B8%9D%E7%AB%B9/38434?fr=ge_ala
Sorry Jiangnan Sizhu・Shanghai Chinese Traditional Orchestra Here's Side A 01 春江花月夜 Spring River Flower Moonlight Night The score of this pipa piece was first found in the "Xianxu Youyin" pipa score passed down by Ju Shilin (about 1736-1820) (the one we see now is the copy handed down by his disciples in 1860), and in the 1819 "Northern and Southern Schools" "The True Biography of the Secret Book of Pipa Music", as well as the 1842 handwritten "Tan Cao Ji" pipa music by Zhang Jianshan in Songjiang, Jiangsu, the 1875 handwritten copy of Wu Wanqing's "Chen Zijing Pipa Music Copy" in 1898, and the 1929 "Yangzhengxuan Pipa Music" wait. "Sunset Flute and Drum" is a lyrical song with an elegant and graceful melody. The left hand mostly uses pushing, pulling, rubbing, chanting and other playing techniques. The music begins with the sound of drums and flutes, and the theme is rich in the sentiment of the Jiangnan water town. Subsequently, each section uses variation techniques such as expansion, contraction, shifting of sound ranges, and changing the beginning and ending, as well as onomatopoeic music such as the sound of water waves and the sound of oars and oars to enrich the music. Lesi. With its soft melody and peaceful mood, this song depicts the beauty of the good time in the world: the evening drum bids farewell to the sunset, and the sound of the flute welcomes the evening of the full moon; people float on the spring river in light boats; the green mountains on both sides of the bank are verdant, and the flower branches are scattered among them. Shadow; the moon is dancing in the center of the water surface, and the sound of oars and oars... From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%98%A5%E6%B1%9F%E8%8A%B1%E6%9C%88%E5%A4%9C/2772696?fr=ge_ala
02 欢乐歌 Happy Song Happy Song: One of the Eight Great Songs of Jiangnan Sizhu. The melody is bright and enthusiastic, ups and downs, rich in singing, and the melody is smooth. It gradually increases from slow to fast, indicating that the joyful mood is gradually rising. It is often used in festive temple fairs and other lively occasions to express people's joy in festive festivals. emotions of joy. The music adopts the variation technique of slowing down and adding flowers, and develops the mother song "Happy Song" into slow and medium sections. Taking the mother song as this section, it forms the variation structure of (A1A2A), that is to say, it is developed accordingly. The theme comes later, so some people call it "inversion variation". From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%AC%A2%E4%B9%90%E6%AD%8C/3928228?fr=ge_ala
Side B 03 三六 Three six The melody of the music is gorgeous, fresh, smooth and lively. It is often played on folk festive occasions and is filled with a cheerful festive atmosphere. In 1962, Gu Guanren adapted it into a plucked string ensemble, deleting and changing the structure of the original song, enhancing the contrast of the music's intensity, speed and temperament; and enriching the band's color changes. It expresses the artistic taste of "the big strings are as noisy as the pelting rain, and the small strings are as murmuring" and "the orioles are whispering in the wind, and the bottom of the flowers is slippery, and it is difficult to swim under the ice in the quiet spring". It gives "Sanliu" new meaning and is still widely circulated to this day. . From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%89%E5%85%AD/10671123?fr=ge_ala
04 中花六衩 Zhonghua Liuban Slit in the Middle Flower (esp. in Chinese opera)Zhonghua Liuban" Zhonghua Liuban is one of the eight major pieces of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music. The melody is fresh, smooth, delicate and soft, and is rich in Jiangnan charm. It is a representative piece of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music. Zhonghua Liuban: Folk artists developed "Kuaihua Liuban", "Hua Liuban", "Zhonghua Liuban" and "Slow Liuban" based on "Lao Liuban" as the mother song, and combined them into a set. It is called "Five Generations Under One Roof". The name "Five Generations Under One Roof" is taken from its auspicious meaning. Five generations of descendants living under one roof will be blessed with good fortune and longevity. In addition, it also indicates that the five songs come from the same song. "Zhonghua Liuban" is a slow-down fill-in of "Lao Liuban", that is, the beat is doubled layer by layer, and the speed is slowed down layer by layer. The melody is added again and again, fresh and smooth, delicate and soft, and full of rich flavor. Jiangnan charm. From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%AD%E8%8A%B1%E5%85%AD%E6%9D%BF/5497484?fr=ge_ala
05 行衔四合 Walkin' the Street Xingjie, which means walking on the street, is a form of playing while walking. This piece of music is also known as "Xingjie Sihe", so named because it is often used for weddings and festivals and temple fair tours. Two versions coexist. The first one is composed of "Xiao Baimen", "Yu E Lang", "Xingjie" and its variations and repetitions. The second is composed of "Walking the Street", "Fast Six Panels", "Liu Qingniang", "Fast Six Panels", and the end of "Walking the Street". Regardless of the similarities and differences in the combination of the two songs, their common point is that they all take "Walking Street" and its variations as the main body, so they all belong to the variations of the combination of the body. From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%A1%8C%E8%A1%97/1571074?fr=ge_ala MRHI aka 余错了
yay, an album in which I play every song, since my dizi laoshi is a Jiangnan specialist! Be careful of the google translate though, track 4 the liu ban means six beats. Here's the great Lu Chanling on dizi playing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPPafdb_n8
and here he is on "walking and playing". He recently passed at 98 years old, gave concerts until the end, which is why dizi is so healthy for the lungs, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWORwF66Kq4
Thanks Yoshio! Just checked and followed you on IG Mark, loads of great stuff there! Some of it reminds me of concerts we have here every now and then when you get foreigners teaming up with local traditional artists, mixing styles etc., often leading to very, very nice concerts :)
江南丝竹・上海民族乐团 - 春江花月夜
ReplyDeleteJiangnan・Sizhu Shanghai Chinese Traditional Orchestra - Moonlight on the River in Spring
Tracklist
Side 1
01 春江花月夜 Spring River Flower Moonlight Night
02 欢乐歌 Happy Song
Side 2
03 三六 Three six
04 中花六衩 Slit in the Middle Flower (esp. in Chinese opera)
05 行衔四合 Rank of Nobility - Pocession Suite(in 4 Parts)
https://www.discogs.com/master/2740697-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E7%AE%A1%E5%BC%A6%E4%B9%90%E5%9B%A2%E6%BC%94%E5%A5%8F-%E6%98%A5%E6%B1%9F%E8%8A%B1%E6%9C%88%E5%A4%9C
Jiangnan Sizhu is a traditional music popular in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and western Zhejiang. It is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.
During the Jialong period of the Ming Dynasty, opera musicians headed by Wei Liangfu created the Shuimo tune of Kun Opera at Taicang South Pier. At the same time, they formed a full-scale silk and bamboo band with Zhang Yetang as the backbone. After that, a full-time class club for silk and bamboo performances gradually formed. It is closely integrated with folk activities and has a broad mass base. It was later officially named Jiangnan Sizhu.
On May 20, 2006, Jiangnan Sizhu, jointly declared by Taicang City, Jiangsu Province and Shanghai City, was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. [2-3] June 7, 2008 , Jiangnan silk and bamboo declared by Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province were approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, with project numbers II-40.
From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%B1%9F%E5%8D%97%E4%B8%9D%E7%AB%B9/38434?fr=ge_ala
Sorry
ReplyDeleteJiangnan Sizhu・Shanghai Chinese Traditional Orchestra
Here's Side A
01 春江花月夜 Spring River Flower Moonlight Night
The score of this pipa piece was first found in the "Xianxu Youyin" pipa score passed down by Ju Shilin (about 1736-1820) (the one we see now is the copy handed down by his disciples in 1860), and in the 1819 "Northern and Southern Schools" "The True Biography of the Secret Book of Pipa Music", as well as the 1842 handwritten "Tan Cao Ji" pipa music by Zhang Jianshan in Songjiang, Jiangsu, the 1875 handwritten copy of Wu Wanqing's "Chen Zijing Pipa Music Copy" in 1898, and the 1929 "Yangzhengxuan Pipa Music" wait.
"Sunset Flute and Drum" is a lyrical song with an elegant and graceful melody. The left hand mostly uses pushing, pulling, rubbing, chanting and other playing techniques. The music begins with the sound of drums and flutes, and the theme is rich in the sentiment of the Jiangnan water town. Subsequently, each section uses variation techniques such as expansion, contraction, shifting of sound ranges, and changing the beginning and ending, as well as onomatopoeic music such as the sound of water waves and the sound of oars and oars to enrich the music. Lesi. With its soft melody and peaceful mood, this song depicts the beauty of the good time in the world: the evening drum bids farewell to the sunset, and the sound of the flute welcomes the evening of the full moon; people float on the spring river in light boats; the green mountains on both sides of the bank are verdant, and the flower branches are scattered among them. Shadow; the moon is dancing in the center of the water surface, and the sound of oars and oars...
From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%98%A5%E6%B1%9F%E8%8A%B1%E6%9C%88%E5%A4%9C/2772696?fr=ge_ala
02 欢乐歌 Happy Song
Happy Song: One of the Eight Great Songs of Jiangnan Sizhu. The melody is bright and enthusiastic, ups and downs, rich in singing, and the melody is smooth. It gradually increases from slow to fast, indicating that the joyful mood is gradually rising. It is often used in festive temple fairs and other lively occasions to express people's joy in festive festivals. emotions of joy.
The music adopts the variation technique of slowing down and adding flowers, and develops the mother song "Happy Song" into slow and medium sections. Taking the mother song as this section, it forms the variation structure of (A1A2A), that is to say, it is developed accordingly. The theme comes later, so some people call it "inversion variation".
From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%AC%A2%E4%B9%90%E6%AD%8C/3928228?fr=ge_ala
Side B
ReplyDelete03 三六 Three six
The melody of the music is gorgeous, fresh, smooth and lively. It is often played on folk festive occasions and is filled with a cheerful festive atmosphere.
In 1962, Gu Guanren adapted it into a plucked string ensemble, deleting and changing the structure of the original song, enhancing the contrast of the music's intensity, speed and temperament; and enriching the band's color changes. It expresses the artistic taste of "the big strings are as noisy as the pelting rain, and the small strings are as murmuring" and "the orioles are whispering in the wind, and the bottom of the flowers is slippery, and it is difficult to swim under the ice in the quiet spring". It gives "Sanliu" new meaning and is still widely circulated to this day. .
From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%89%E5%85%AD/10671123?fr=ge_ala
04 中花六衩 Zhonghua Liuban Slit in the Middle Flower (esp. in Chinese opera)Zhonghua Liuban"
Zhonghua Liuban is one of the eight major pieces of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music. The melody is fresh, smooth, delicate and soft, and is rich in Jiangnan charm. It is a representative piece of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music.
Zhonghua Liuban: Folk artists developed "Kuaihua Liuban", "Hua Liuban", "Zhonghua Liuban" and "Slow Liuban" based on "Lao Liuban" as the mother song, and combined them into a set. It is called "Five Generations Under One Roof". The name "Five Generations Under One Roof" is taken from its auspicious meaning. Five generations of descendants living under one roof will be blessed with good fortune and longevity. In addition, it also indicates that the five songs come from the same song.
"Zhonghua Liuban" is a slow-down fill-in of "Lao Liuban", that is, the beat is doubled layer by layer, and the speed is slowed down layer by layer. The melody is added again and again, fresh and smooth, delicate and soft, and full of rich flavor. Jiangnan charm.
From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%AD%E8%8A%B1%E5%85%AD%E6%9D%BF/5497484?fr=ge_ala
05 行衔四合 Walkin' the Street
Xingjie, which means walking on the street, is a form of playing while walking. This piece of music is also known as "Xingjie Sihe", so named because it is often used for weddings and festivals and temple fair tours. Two versions coexist. The first one is composed of "Xiao Baimen", "Yu E Lang", "Xingjie" and its variations and repetitions. The second is composed of "Walking the Street", "Fast Six Panels", "Liu Qingniang", "Fast Six Panels", and the end of "Walking the Street". Regardless of the similarities and differences in the combination of the two songs, their common point is that they all take "Walking Street" and its variations as the main body, so they all belong to the variations of the combination of the body.
From https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%A1%8C%E8%A1%97/1571074?fr=ge_ala
MRHI aka 余错了
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm2riVkJp38
ReplyDeleteyay, an album in which I play every song, since my dizi laoshi is a Jiangnan specialist! Be careful of the google translate though, track 4 the liu ban means six beats. Here's the great Lu Chanling on dizi playing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPPafdb_n8
ReplyDeleteand here he is on "walking and playing". He recently passed at 98 years old, gave concerts until the end, which is why dizi is so healthy for the lungs, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWORwF66Kq4
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU MARK
ReplyDeleteAre you uploading your performances?
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DeleteThanks Yoshio! Just checked and followed you on IG Mark, loads of great stuff there! Some of it reminds me of concerts we have here every now and then when you get foreigners teaming up with local traditional artists, mixing styles etc., often leading to very, very nice concerts :)
ReplyDeleteSure, and if you ever get to NYC I'll be happy show you all around this scene!
DeleteGod, I would love to come over there :) Been to the US twice, both times in ehrrr, Orlando :)
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